You actually have SO much energy - enough for everything you want to do in life. It’s just a matter of taking it back from the things that drain it.

In this episode, I explain what your energy is (it’s not just your health, and it’s not a “woo” thing that you have no control over). I explain why it’s so easy to lose energy and why reclaiming it is essential to a fulfilling life.

And, most importantly, I talk about how to take your energy back: how to pull it from the million things that steal it without your knowing, bring it back into yourself, and bring yourself back to 100%.

For a simple exercise to build awareness of your energy, find my free resource “Energy Map” on my Substack publication (Zen Garden) below.

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Zen Garden Substack: ⁠https://zengardenletters.substack.com/⁠

Start your Radical Redirection: ⁠https://www.yekaterinabenson.com/life-redirection⁠

Learn about your 4 Energy Types: ⁠https://www.yekaterinabenson.com/energy⁠

Work with me: ⁠https://www.yekaterinabenson.com/my-method⁠

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Can goals and dreams have a dark side?

We thought we were doing the right thing by concentrating on our future: the life we want to build, the businesses that would support us, the reality that would make us really happy. And yes, this is important. But what happens when you take it too far?

In this episode, I share how we realized that we’ve been putting most of our energy into the “elsewhere” - the conceptual future we wanted. And in doing so, forgot all about our peace and happiness in the present.

I also share how we came BACK to the present and what we’re doing different in 2026.

My only resolution for 2026 is to put my happiness first. Not my future. My happiness - right now. I even believe that this approach might get me further than trying to sprint forward towards my big goals.

Tune in to find out how we’re “taking our energy back” from the future and prioritizing joy now.

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Zen Garden Substack: ⁠https://zengardenletters.substack.com/⁠

Start your Radical Redirection: ⁠https://www.yekaterinabenson.com/life-redirection⁠

Learn about your 4 Energy Types: ⁠https://www.yekaterinabenson.com/energy⁠

Work with me: ⁠https://www.yekaterinabenson.com/my-method⁠

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When your life is perfectly good on the outside, but you constantly feel miserable, what do you do?

When everything is technically fine, but all you can think is: “why am I like this, when will this end, will life ever get better” - how do you get out of this emotional funk?

For me, part of the problem was basing my happiness on outside factors: success at my job, making money, my relationship, adventurous vacations, fun weekends. I was happy when I had these things. My happiness was conditional.

So when most of those things went away, I had to confront this pattern, and learn how to source happiness from within myself.

In this episode, I share 3 practices that helped me do that.

These practices are also what helps me stop and reverse emotional downward spirals.

So when you’re feeling down on yourself, when negative thoughts take over, and when it feels like life’s getting worse and worse: listen to this episode. Do the simple practices. Bring yourself back into balance.

For more on this, join me inside my Substack, Zen Garden.

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Zen Garden Substack: ⁠https://zengardenletters.substack.com/⁠

Start your Radical Redirection: ⁠https://www.yekaterinabenson.com/life-redirection⁠

Learn about your 4 Energy Types: ⁠https://www.yekaterinabenson.com/energy⁠

Work with me: ⁠https://www.yekaterinabenson.com/my-method⁠

Find me on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/yekaterina_benson/⁠

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